Geological Sciences Facilities

Rock sample preparation laboratory

Crushing and powdering equipment

• Morse Jaw Crusher: coarse crushing rock down to gravel particle size
• Bico UA pulverizer: crushing and disaggregating rock to sand particle size
• Angstrom model TE250 ring pulverizer: WC grinding containers are used for powdering samples in preparation for XRD and XRF analysis.

Saws

• Hilquist large slab saw Model RF 20-24
• Hilquist medium slab saw Model RF 14-16
• Hilquist Trim Saw Model SF-8

Thin sectioning equipment

• Hilquist thin sectioning machine and plate grinder. Used to prepare thin sections of rock for petrographic analysis.

Petrology & Geochemistry Laboratory

• Rigaku Supermini200 - benchtop WD-XRF for elemental analysis of solid, powder, or liquid sample
• XRF Scientific Phoenix gas fusion machine allows automated preparation of fused glass beads for XRF analysis